Buildings that changed Texas

May 17, 2013 |Houston Chronicle Web Staff

These 11 structures scattered across the Lone State State are more than just buildings, they forever changed Texas. Learn from architecture professor Stephen Fox how the buildings helped shape the state.

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West Columbia Elementary School

What Fox said: The school was built in 1951 by Donald Barthelme & Assoc. It is significant because it is the most important modern public school building constructed in Texas in 1950s. The building represents a time when the design of public schools was emerging from a field of young modern architects.

What Fox said: The school was built in 1951 by Donald Barthelme & Assoc. It is significant because it is the most important modern public school building constructed in Texas in 1950s. The building represents a time when the design of public schools was emerging from a field of young modern architects.